#phil

One of the professors told me last week that he feels bad teaching with the way the economy is now. ‘What’s the point?’ he said. ‘Kids aren’t getting jobs.’ You never hear faculty talk that way. He did. ↗

— Daniel Amory

#adventure #chicago #city #downtown #dream

It is always the little things that build up. Often there is no dramatic reason for discontent in marriages. It seeps in slowly over the years. You don't even notice it creeping in. It happens, trickle by trickle. You do not realise when or how the easy familiarity gets replaced by a 'taken-for-granted' attitude over the years. By the time you do, it is often late. Habits have been formed, patterns have been set. And a comfort-zone have been established. A zone that is hard to get out of. ↗

— Preeti Shenoy

#attitude

...when he looks at Beauty in the only way that Beauty can be seen - only then will it become possible for him to give birth not to images of virtue (because he's in touch with no images), but to true virtue [arete] (because he is in touch with true Beauty). The love of the gods belongs to anyone who has given to true virtue and nourished it, and if any human being could become immortal, it would be he. ↗

— Plato

#love #philosophy #truth #virtue #beauty

The American Revolution was, in fact, a battle against the philosophy of Locke and the English utilitarians. ↗

— Robert Trout

#american #american revolution #battle #english #fact

The myth that John Locke was the philosopher behind the American Republic, is easily refuted by examining how Locke's philosophy steered Thomas Jefferson, for example. ↗

— Robert Trout

#american republic #behind #easily #examining #example

John Huston was a superb master. He knew how to make good films. I did three things with him. One is called Independence. It plays in Philadelphia, for free. It's been playing there for 25 years. ↗

— Eli Wallach

#called #did #films #free #good

I know somebody from university who's called Phil Collins and I think there's something terribly unfortunate about sharing a name With somebody who either is famous or becomes famous. ↗

— David Walliams

#becomes #called #collins #either #famous

Even if you only want to write science fiction, you should also read mysteries, poetry, mainstream literature, history, biography, philosophy, and science. ↗

— Walter Jon Williams

#biography #even #fiction #history #literature

My philosophy is that not only are you responsible for your life, but doing the best at this moment puts you I the best place for the next moment. ↗

— Oprah Winfrey

#doing #i #life #moment #next

Boredom is the legitimate kingdom of the philanthropic. ↗

— Virginia Woolf

#kingdom #legitimate #philanthropic